📢 Latest Update (22 July 2026): Uttarakhand Public Service Commission (UKPSC) has issued a consolidating notice/corrigendum for the Apar Niji Sachiv (Additional Private Secretary) Exam-2024, confirming that recruitment will proceed against a total of 99 posts — 96 in the Uttarakhand Secretariat and 3 in UKPSC itself. As per official notice, this finalizes a sequence of clarifications stretching back to the original advertisement of 18 July 2024, and confirms the disability sub-category reservation exactly as revised on 12 August 2024, while all other posts follow the original 2024 advertisement.
UKPSC Apar Niji Sachiv (APS) Exam 2024 Final Vacancy Notice — Quick Summary
The UKPSC Apar Niji Sachiv (APS) Exam 2024 vacancy position has been finally confirmed via notice No. 52/06/E-3/APS/DR/2022-23, dated 22 July 2026. As per official notice, recruitment will be conducted against a total of 99 posts — 96 posts of Apar Niji Sachiv in the Uttarakhand Secretariat and 3 posts of Apar Niji Sachiv in the Uttarakhand Public Service Commission itself. This notice is the latest and final step in a sequence that began with the original advertisement dated 18 July 2024, was revised on 12 August 2024 (specifically for disability sub-category reservation), and was clarified by the Uttarakhand Government on 27 April 2026 to confirm that recruitment covers only the posts advertised in the original 2024 notice. All other terms of the original advertisement remain unchanged.
📋 UKPSC Apar Niji Sachiv (APS) Exam 2024 — Final Vacancy Notice
99 Posts Confirmed: 96 Secretariat + 3 UKPSC
📅 Notice Dated: 22 July 2026
📊 See Full Vacancy Table📅 Notice Date: 22 July 2026 | 🏛️ Secretariat Posts: 96 | 🏢 UKPSC Posts: 3 | 📊 Total: 99
✍️ By: Sarkari Nokrii Team | 📅 Published: 22 July 2026 | 🔄 Last Updated: 22 July 2026
📑 Table of Contents
- Overview
- The Full Two-Year Timeline of This Recruitment
- Complete Vacancy Table
- PwBD (Disability) Sub-Category Breakdown
- What the Official Notice Says
- About UKPSC and the APS Post
- About the Apar Niji Sachiv (Additional Private Secretary) Role
- Why This Took Nearly Two Years to Settle
- Secretariat Posts vs. UKPSC's Own Posts
- General Career Context for Secretariat-Level Secretarial Posts
- General Background on Horizontal Reservation Categories
- What This Notice Does and Does Not Cover
- Critical Warnings
- Important Links
- Official Sources Used
- FAQs
- Conclusion
📌 Overview
| Particulars | Details |
|---|---|
| Commission | Uttarakhand Public Service Commission (UKPSC), Haridwar – 249404 |
| Exam Name | Apar Niji Sachiv (Additional Private Secretary) Exam-2024 |
| This Notice No. | 52/06/E-3/APS/DR/2022-23, dated 22 July 2026 |
| Original Advertisement | No. A-1/E-3/DR(APS)/2024, dated 18 July 2024 |
| Revised Notice (PwBD sub-category) | No. 70(1)/06/E-3/APS/DR/2022-23, dated 12 August 2024 |
| Total Posts | 99 |
| Uttarakhand Secretariat Posts | 96 |
| UKPSC (Commission itself) Posts | 3 |
| Basis of Recruitment | Direct recruitment (सीधी भर्ती) |
| Signing Authority | Ashok Kumar Pandey, Secretary, UKPSC |
| Official Website | psc.uk.gov.in |
🗓️ The Full Two-Year Timeline of This Recruitment
This notice is the fourth document in a chain stretching back exactly two years. As per official notice, here's the complete sequence:
| Step | Document | Date | What It Did |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Original Advertisement No. A-1/E-3/DR(APS)/2024 | 18 July 2024 | Published the original recruitment advertisement: 96 Secretariat posts + 3 UKPSC posts = 99 total, direct recruitment for Apar Niji Sachiv |
| 2 | Uttarakhand Government Letter No. 833 | 02 August 2024 | Government correspondence prompting a revision (specifics of the letter's content are not detailed in this notice) |
| 3 | Revised Notice No. 70(1)/06/E-3/APS/DR/2022-23 | 12 August 2024 | UKPSC issued a revised notice, specifically updating the identification and reservation of posts for disability sub-categories |
| 4 | Uttarakhand Government Letter No. 422 | 27 April 2026 | Government clarified that the recruitment process is to be conducted only against the posts advertised in the original 18 July 2024 advertisement |
| 5 | This Notice No. 52/06/E-3/APS/DR/2022-23 | 22 July 2026 | Consolidates the above: disability sub-category reservation as per the 12 August 2024 revised notice, remaining posts as per the original 18 July 2024 advertisement, with the full department-wise/category-wise vacancy table published |
In effect, this 22 July 2026 notice is UKPSC drawing a clear, final line under nearly two years of intermediate government correspondence and one interim revision — confirming, in one place, exactly how many posts exist, in which categories, and under which of the two earlier notices each part of that structure is governed. For a recruitment that has now spanned parts of three calendar years (2024, and now 2026, with presumably further stages still to come), that kind of consolidation is exactly the reference point candidates need before moving into the next phase of the process.
📊 Complete Vacancy Table
As per the official notice, the department-wise and category-wise vacancy position is as follows:
📌 Post 1: Apar Niji Sachiv (Uttarakhand Secretariat) — 96 Posts
| Reservation Category | Vacant Posts | Uttarakhand Women | Uttarakhand Disabled (PwBD) | Uttarakhand DFF | Uttarakhand Ex-Servicemen | Uttarakhand Orphan Children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unreserved (UR) | 37 | 11 | 05 | 01 | 04 | 02 |
| Other Backward Classes (OBC) | 20 | 02 | 00 | — | — | — |
| Scheduled Tribe (ST) | 06 | 00 | 00 | — | — | — |
| Scheduled Caste (SC) | 28 | 01 | 00 | — | — | — |
| Economically Weaker Section (EWS) | 05 | 01 | 00 | — | — | — |
| TOTAL | 96 | 15 | 05 | 01 | 04 | 02 |
📌 Post 2: Apar Niji Sachiv (Uttarakhand Public Service Commission) — 3 Posts
| Reservation Category | Vacant Posts | Uttarakhand Women | Others |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unreserved (UR) | 01 | 00 | — |
| Other Backward Classes (OBC) | 01 | — | — |
| Scheduled Tribe (ST) | 00 | — | — |
| Scheduled Caste (SC) | 01 | 00 | — |
| Economically Weaker Section (EWS) | 00 | — | — |
| TOTAL | 03 | 00 | — |
Note: Every row and column above has been independently summed and cross-checked against the stated totals in the official notice. Post 1: 37+20+6+28+5 = 96 ✓, women 11+2+0+1+1 = 15 ✓, disabled 5+0+0+0+0 = 5 ✓, DFF/ExSM/Orphan all concentrated in the UR row (1, 4, 2) matching the stated totals exactly ✓. Post 2: 1+1+0+1+0 = 3 ✓. Grand total across both posts: 96+3 = 99, matching the notice's own stated figure exactly.
♿ PwBD (Disability) Sub-Category Breakdown
As per official notice, all 5 disability-reserved posts fall under the Unreserved category of the Secretariat post, split as follows:
| Sub-Category Grouping | Posts |
|---|---|
| Blind / Low Vision (B/LV) | 01 |
| Deaf / Hard of Hearing (H/H) | 01 |
| Combined pool — Blind/Low Vision, Deaf/Hard of Hearing, One Arm, One Leg, Both Legs Affected, Cerebral Palsy, Leprosy Cured, Acid Attack Victims, Dwarfism, Muscular Dystrophy, Thalassemia, Hemophilia (any of these categories) | 03 |
| TOTAL | 05 |
Note: 1+1+3 = 5, matching the total disability reservation for the Secretariat post. The disability category names used above (Cerebral Palsy, Leprosy Cured, Acid Attack Victims, Dwarfism, Muscular Dystrophy, Thalassemia, Hemophilia, etc.) are standard categories recognized under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act, 2016 — general reference terminology, not this notice's own invented labels. As per official notice, disability sub-category-wise identification and reservation for this recruitment was finalized via the revised notice dated 12 August 2024.
🗞️ What the Official Notice Says
As per the official notice dated 22 July 2026, here is the sequence, stated plainly:
- By this notice, it is hereby informed that vide Advertisement No. A-1/E-3/DR(APS)/2024, dated 18 July 2024, an advertisement was published for direct recruitment to 96 posts of the Uttarakhand Secretariat and 3 posts of the Uttarakhand Public Service Commission, thus a total of 99 posts, under Apar Niji Sachiv Exam-2024.
- In pursuance of Uttarakhand Government letter No. 833, dated 02 August 2024, the Commission issued a revised notice No. 70(1)/06/E-3/APS/DR/2022-23, dated 12 August 2024.
- Subsequently, vide Government letter No. 422, dated 27 April 2026, it was clarified that the recruitment process is to be conducted only against the posts advertised in the advertisement dated 18 July 2024.
- In this regard, it is informed that the identification and reservation of posts for disability sub-categories has already been done as per the revised notice dated 12 August 2024. Therefore, disability sub-category-wise identification and reservation will be as per the said revised notice, and action regarding the remaining posts will be as per the original advertisement dated 18 July 2024.
- In sequence with the above Uttarakhand Government letters, under Apar Niji Sachiv Exam-2024, the recruitment process will be conducted against category/sub-category-wise 96 posts for the Uttarakhand Secretariat (disability sub-category-wise identification and reservation as per the revised notice dated 12 August 2024) and 3 posts for UKPSC, thus a total of 99 posts. The department-wise/category-wise post details are as given in the table.
- "Apart from the above, all other terms and conditions of the advertisement will remain effective as before."
The notice is signed by Ashok Kumar Pandey, Secretary, UKPSC.
🏛️ About UKPSC and the APS Post
(General background on UKPSC's role — not specific facts stated in this notice beyond the recruitment details already covered.) The Uttarakhand Public Service Commission (UKPSC), headquartered in Haridwar, is the constitutional body responsible for conducting recruitment examinations and selections for a wide range of civil service and subordinate posts within the Government of Uttarakhand, broadly analogous to the role played by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) at the national level and by public service commissions in other Indian states. UKPSC's mandate spans everything from state civil service examinations to specialized technical and administrative recruitment drives like this one, making it the central gatekeeper for a large share of government employment opportunities across Uttarakhand.
The Apar Niji Sachiv (Additional Private Secretary) Exam-2024 is one such recruitment drive, notable in this case for spanning two employers within the state's administrative structure: the Uttarakhand Secretariat itself (the administrative headquarters of the state government) and UKPSC (the recruiting commission's own establishment). It's a reminder that public service commissions don't just recruit for other departments — they also periodically need to staff their own internal secretarial and administrative functions, which is exactly what the 3-post UKPSC component of this recruitment represents.
✍️ About the Apar Niji Sachiv (Additional Private Secretary) Role
(General background on what a Private Secretary-type post typically involves in Indian government offices — not job-description specifics stated in this notice, which covers only the vacancy count.) An Apar Niji Sachiv, or Additional Private Secretary, is generally a senior secretarial/personal-staff post attached to a specific officer or department within a government secretariat. In general terms, such a role typically involves managing correspondence, scheduling, and documentation for the officer or department concerned, taking dictation and preparing official communications (often requiring strong shorthand and typing proficiency in both Hindi and English), maintaining confidential files and records, and coordinating between the officer's office and other departments or the public. Given the "Additional" designation, this post typically sits within a hierarchy of secretarial posts (Personal Assistant, Private Secretary, Additional Private Secretary, and so on), reflecting a more senior tier of secretarial responsibility than an entry-level assistant post.
Because a role like this typically supports senior officials directly, candidates entering this track often find themselves with unusually close visibility into how a government department or office actually operates day to day — attending or supporting meetings, managing sensitive correspondence, and often serving as a key point of coordination between an officer and the rest of the administrative machinery. This kind of proximity to decision-making is part of what makes senior secretarial posts within a state Secretariat a genuinely distinctive career path compared to many other government roles, even though the position itself is fundamentally administrative and support-oriented in nature.
The specific eligibility qualifications — likely including stenography/shorthand speed requirements, typing speed requirements, and educational qualifications — along with the exact application process, fee, and exam pattern for this recruitment are governed by the original Advertisement No. A-1/E-3/DR(APS)/2024, dated 18 July 2024, none of which is restated in this 22 July 2026 notice.
⏳ Why This Took Nearly Two Years to Settle
(General explanatory context on how multi-step government correspondence like this typically unfolds — not additional facts beyond what this notice states about its own document chain.) A gap of nearly two years between an original advertisement and a "final" consolidating notice is not itself unusual for government recruitment, particularly when a disability sub-category revision is involved. Disability (PwBD) reservation under a framework like the RPwD Act, 2016 requires precise identification of which specific posts, roles, or working conditions are suitable for which categories of disability — a technical and often department-specific exercise that can require back-and-forth between the recruiting commission and the state government before it's finalized. That appears to be exactly what happened here: the original 18 July 2024 advertisement was followed within three weeks by a Government letter (02 August 2024) prompting a revision, and UKPSC issued that revision — specifically the disability sub-category identification and reservation — within ten days, on 12 August 2024.
What's less immediately obvious is why nearly two more years passed before the Government's 27 April 2026 clarification letter and this notice's issuance. This notice does not explain that gap, and this post does not speculate about the reason. What matters practically for candidates is simpler: whatever the cause of the delay, the Government's 27 April 2026 letter and this 22 July 2026 notice together confirm, unambiguously, that the recruitment is proceeding, and exactly how many posts, in which categories, are on the table.
🏢 Secretariat Posts vs. UKPSC's Own Posts — Two Different Employers
(General clarification on the practical distinction between the two post groups in this recruitment — not additional facts stated in the notice beyond the vacancy numbers themselves.) It's worth pausing on something easy to overlook in a vacancy table: this single recruitment drive is actually filling posts for two distinct employing offices. The 96 Secretariat posts place a selected candidate within the Uttarakhand Secretariat — the administrative nerve center of the state government, serving various departments and senior officials across the government machinery. The 3 UKPSC posts, by contrast, place a selected candidate within the Commission's own establishment in Haridwar, working as secretarial staff supporting UKPSC's own functioning.
While the post title, "Apar Niji Sachiv," and the underlying skill set are presumably similar across both groups, the day-to-day working environment, location, and reporting structure would differ meaningfully between a Secretariat posting (likely based in the state capital or wherever the Secretariat is headquartered) and a posting within UKPSC's own Haridwar office. Candidates should keep this distinction in mind when considering their preferences, to the extent the original advertisement allows for any preference indication between the two post groups — a detail this notice does not address and which candidates should check in the original 18 July 2024 advertisement.
💼 General Career Context for Secretariat-Level Secretarial Posts
(General background on career trajectories for senior secretarial government posts — not specific claims about this recruitment's terms, which are not detailed in this notice.) Secretarial posts within a state Secretariat — Personal Assistant, Private Secretary, and Additional Private Secretary grades — are generally considered a distinct and often sought-after career track within state government service, combining administrative responsibility with proximity to senior decision-making processes. For candidates with strong stenography, typing, and administrative organization skills, this track can offer a structured promotional hierarchy over a career, moving from more junior secretarial grades toward increasingly senior postings, potentially including postings with more senior officials or departments over time.
Because Secretariat-based postings sit close to the administrative core of state governance, they can also offer broader exposure to how government departments actually function on a day-to-day basis — a different kind of experience compared to a field posting in a specific department or district office. As with all specifics of this recruitment, the exact promotional structure, pay scale, and posting policies applicable to Apar Niji Sachiv posts under this advertisement are governed by the original 18 July 2024 advertisement and relevant Uttarakhand government service rules, neither of which is restated in this notice.
⚖️ General Background on Horizontal Reservation Categories
(General information about the horizontal reservation categories referenced in this notice's table — not additional facts about this specific recruitment beyond the numbers already given.) The vacancy table in this notice includes, alongside the standard vertical reservation categories (UR, OBC, SC, ST, EWS), several horizontal reservation columns specific to Uttarakhand state recruitment: Uttarakhand Women (महिला), Uttarakhand Disabled/PwBD (दिव्यांग), Uttarakhand DFF — Dependents of Freedom Fighters (भूतपूर्व स्वतंत्रता सेनानी के आश्रित), Uttarakhand Ex-Servicemen (भूतपूर्व सैनिक), and Uttarakhand Orphan Children (अनाथ बच्चे). Horizontal reservation categories of this kind operate across, rather than instead of, the vertical categories — meaning a woman candidate from the SC category, for instance, would generally be counted within the SC vertical quota while also being eligible for consideration under the horizontal women's reservation, subject to the specific rules governing this recruitment (which are not detailed in this notice).
These specific horizontal categories — particularly the Dependents of Freedom Fighters and Orphan Children categories — are more distinctive to certain state government recruitment frameworks like Uttarakhand's than to some other states or central recruiting bodies, reflecting state-specific reservation policy shaped by the state's own history and social welfare priorities. Candidates should refer to the original 18 July 2024 advertisement for the precise eligibility rules and required documentation for claiming any of these horizontal reservation categories, since neither the category definitions nor the claim procedure are restated in this consolidating notice.
📖 What This Notice Does and Does Not Cover
To avoid any ambiguity, it's worth being explicit, strictly as per the official notice: this document confirms the final vacancy structure — 99 total posts, split 96 (Secretariat) and 3 (UKPSC), with category-wise and horizontal-reservation-wise breakdown — and confirms which of two earlier documents (the 18 July 2024 original advertisement, or the 12 August 2024 revised notice) governs which part of that structure. It does not restate the eligibility qualifications, application process, application fee, exam pattern, or syllabus for this recruitment. The notice explicitly states that "all other terms and conditions of the advertisement will remain effective as before" — meaning the original 18 July 2024 advertisement remains the authoritative source for everything not covered by this vacancy consolidation.
⚠️ Critical Warnings
- As per official notice, recruitment will be conducted only against the 99 posts advertised in the original 18 July 2024 advertisement — the 27 April 2026 Government clarification specifically rules out recruitment against any other/additional posts.
- Disability (PwBD) sub-category reservation follows the 12 August 2024 revised notice, not the original 18 July 2024 advertisement — candidates claiming PwBD reservation should specifically check the revised notice's terms.
- All other posts and categories follow the original 18 July 2024 advertisement — do not assume this 22 July 2026 notice changes anything beyond consolidating and confirming the vacancy table and the PwBD sub-category source document.
- This notice does not restate eligibility, application dates, fee, or exam pattern — refer to the original advertisement and psc.uk.gov.in for those specifics.
- Given the nearly two-year gap between the original advertisement (2024) and this consolidating notice (2026), candidates should verify their own eligibility status (particularly age-related criteria, if age is calculated as on a fixed cut-off date) against the original advertisement's specific terms rather than assuming based on the current date.
🔗 Important Links
| Description | Link |
|---|---|
| Official Notice (PDF) | Download PDF |
| UKPSC Official Website | psc.uk.gov.in |
📚 Official Sources Used
- Notice No. 52/06/E-3/APS/DR/2022-23, dated 22 July 2026, Uttarakhand Public Service Commission, Haridwar
- Referenced: Original Advertisement No. A-1/E-3/DR(APS)/2024, dated 18 July 2024
- Referenced: Revised Notice No. 70(1)/06/E-3/APS/DR/2022-23, dated 12 August 2024
- Referenced: Uttarakhand Government Letters No. 833 (dated 02 August 2024) and No. 422 (dated 27 April 2026)
- UKPSC Official Website — psc.uk.gov.in
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❓ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Q1: How many total posts are being recruited under UKPSC Apar Niji Sachiv Exam-2024?
99 posts — 96 in the Uttarakhand Secretariat and 3 in the Uttarakhand Public Service Commission itself, as per the official notice dated 22 July 2026.
Q2: When was this recruitment first advertised?
Via Advertisement No. A-1/E-3/DR(APS)/2024, dated 18 July 2024.
Q3: Why was a fresh notice needed in 2026 for a 2024 advertisement?
As per official notice, this consolidating notice follows a sequence of Government letters and a 2024 revision, and specifically confirms — after a 27 April 2026 Government clarification — that recruitment will proceed only against the originally advertised 99 posts.
Q4: Which document governs the disability (PwBD) reservation for this recruitment?
The revised notice No. 70(1)/06/E-3/APS/DR/2022-23, dated 12 August 2024, as per official notice.
Q5: How many posts are reserved for PwBD (disabled) candidates?
5 posts, all under the Unreserved category of the Secretariat post — split as 1 for Blind/Low Vision, 1 for Deaf/Hard of Hearing, and 3 for a combined pool covering several other disability categories.
Q6: Are OBC, SC, ST, and EWS vacancies also reserved under horizontal categories like Women or Ex-Servicemen?
Women's reservation applies across categories (11 in UR, 2 in OBC, 1 in SC, 1 in EWS), while Disabled, DFF, Ex-Servicemen, and Orphan Children reservation in this notice is concentrated entirely within the Unreserved category, as per the official vacancy table.
Q7: Does this notice change the eligibility criteria or application process?
No. As per official notice, all other terms and conditions of the original advertisement remain effective as before — only the vacancy position is being confirmed/consolidated.
Q8: How many posts are for the Uttarakhand Public Service Commission itself?
3 posts — 1 Unreserved, 1 OBC, and 1 SC, with 0 ST and 0 EWS.
Q9: Who signed this notice?
Ashok Kumar Pandey, Secretary, Uttarakhand Public Service Commission.
Q10: Where can I find the eligibility criteria and application details for this recruitment?
In the original Advertisement No. A-1/E-3/DR(APS)/2024, dated 18 July 2024, available on psc.uk.gov.in — this notice does not restate those details.
✅ Conclusion
Nearly two years after it was first advertised, UKPSC's Apar Niji Sachiv (Additional Private Secretary) Exam-2024 finally has a settled, confirmed vacancy structure: 99 posts in total, 96 in the Uttarakhand Secretariat and 3 within UKPSC itself, with disability sub-category reservation locked in per the August 2024 revision and everything else governed by the original 2024 advertisement. The winding path this notice took — an original advertisement, a government letter, a revision, another government letter, and finally this consolidating notice — is a useful reminder that a recruitment's "final" numbers can take time to settle, especially when disability sub-category reservation or inter-departmental coordination is involved.
For candidates tracking this recruitment, the practical takeaway is that the wait for clarity is over: the 99-post structure detailed in this post is now confirmed as final, and the original 18 July 2024 advertisement remains your authoritative reference for eligibility, application process, and exam pattern. Whether you're tracking one of the 96 Secretariat posts or one of the 3 posts within UKPSC's own establishment, the category-wise numbers in this post give you the clearest available picture of where things stand heading into the next stage of this two-year-old recruitment cycle. Watch psc.uk.gov.in for the next stage of this recruitment.
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